UFC: Undisputed Publisher THQ safe for now

by Blackout612 on Apr 2, 2009 11:00 PM EDT

American video game company THQ, publisher of the forthcoming and highly anticipated MMA video game UFC: Undisputed, has succesfully shed over $220 million dollars in costs and salaries, effectively saving them from bankruptcy for the forseeable future.

THQ has a lot of eggs in one basket between three games that are due out in the 2009 fiscal year; Red Faction: Guerrila (due in June), Darksiders: Wrath of War (due in the Fall) and the aforementioned UFC 2009: Undisputed (available May 19th). Additionally, all three titles are already slated for sequels to be developed in close proximity to their releases. The successes or failures of these titles will undoubtedly cast the die for THQ's future viability in the video game marketplace.

For now, UFC 2009: Undisputed is not only assured of its impending release, but UFC 2010 is now likely to see the light of day as well.

Source: Kotaku THQ Successfully Trims $220 Million In People, Costs

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Huzzah

by Derek Suboticki on Apr 2, 2009 11:12 PM EDT reply actions

Simultaneous Huzzah.

by Sam Cupitt on Apr 2, 2009 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Very nice.

I will play my game beneath the spin light.
Absurd Meridian

by Eugene Schelfaut on Apr 3, 2009 12:20 AM EDT reply actions

Awesome.

"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR

by Rundownloser on Apr 3, 2009 11:33 AM EDT reply actions

THQ’s investor relations slides, show a UFC sequel planned for every year. Sorry I don’t have the link, but gameshack ran a story on it yesterday.

by Graven Image on Apr 3, 2009 11:43 AM EDT reply actions

Yes

That is the plan going forward, but if THQ goes under, obviously they would relinquish the UFC license. My point is that the UFC titles (and THQ) are safe for at least the next two iterations.

"I hit [Evensen], and you could just see it in his head. He went, 'Oh, man. We don't have to do this anymore. I'm good. Thanks for having me. I'm going to go home now." -Pat "The Real Techno Viking" Berry

by Blackout612 on Apr 3, 2009 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions